The Roaring News

23 January

The Roaring News

23 January

KKK Emergence! What is it?

Table Of Contents

Nativism

Politics

Courtcases

Scopes Monkey Trial

Culture And Inventions

Political Cartoon

Letter To The Editor

Nativism

"Nativism" is the political position of demanding a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants. The high surge in nativism is quickly leading to strong immigration restriction legislature. Starting with the Emergency Quota Act or Emergency Immigration Act, this act limited the amount of immigrants coming into the United States. Also the Immigration Act limits the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to only 2% of the people living in the United States. Along with the Immigration Act , also comes the National Origins Act which also penalized the Japanese as well as other Asians.

Political Blurbs

Warren G. Harding: Our 29th president of the United States. He is currently urging the reduction of income taxes.

Teapot Dome Scandal: The scandal which has likely done the greatest damage to Harding's reputation is Teapot Dome. Teapot Dome involved an oil reserve in Wyoming which was one of three set aside for the use of the Navy in a national emergency.

Kellogg Briand Pact: The Kellogg–Briand Pact is an international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them."

Courtcases

The Red Scare: America fears communism. This has thrown us back in many areas, leading to many safety precautions including palmer raids.

Palmer Raids: These raids are aimed to arrest and deport foreigners to keep our nation safe from attacks or harmful human beings. Already, many are being deported with these raids, showing progression.

Sacco & Vanzetti:

Schenck VS. U.S:

Scopes Monkey Trial

Thomas Scopes is a high school teacher accused of wrongly teaching evolution. The teaching of the subject is, of course, against the law. His attorney, Clarence Darrow, is at his side in defense of Scopes. However, his prosecuting attorney, William Jennings Bryan, is very hard to defeat. Scopes argued that the teaching of evolution is not inconsistent with the teachings of the bible. This statement was negatively received from the jury. Ultimately the jury decided that Scopes was guilty, and fined him $100. Bryan won the case.